JEFFERSON COUNTY, Alabama - Two teen burglary suspects are in custody after someone tipped of sheriff's deputies to a young man running down the street being chased by a silver sedan.

Jefferson County officials responded to the scene just after 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 200 block of 21st Avenue NE, Center Point. A caller told lawmen the young man ran out of breath and stopped running. The driver of the silver sedan got out of the car, got the young man into the vehicle and drove away.

Chief Deputy Randy Christian said while deputies were investigating that incident, they received a report of a burglary in progress on the same street. Deputies went to that address and found the silver sedan and the 17-year-old who had been running down the street. He was being detained by the burglary victims.

The second suspect, he said, had avoided capture. Deputies obtained his address, and found him at home. The situation was explained and his mother allowed a search for stolen property in the residence. He took deputies to a nearby wooded area and showed them a plastic bin containing stolen property, including the gun taken in the burglary.

The two teens also admitted involvement in a burglary that took place the previous day and turned over a television that had been stolen in that case. Authorities charged the teens with third-degree burglary, and second-degree theft of property.

They were placed in the custody of the Jefferson County Youth Detention Facility. Their names are being withheld because of their age. Christian said the teens are suspected in other similar home burglaries in the area.